Alabama is starting to look really good. An older guy stopped at my barn sale last week and went on and on about Gulf Shores, Alabama. He and his wife winter there - cheap. I went online and looked around, many nice looking rentals for about half the price of Florida, and most right on the beach.
Yes, Fairhope and Mobile. We haven’t explored those places yet and, for some reason, most of my neighbors seem to love Destin, Florida for a vacation. We’re going to Nola for ours in December.
AL has very low to no property taxes and homes are pretty inexpensive but well-built. So it’s good for retired homeowners. Gas and electric are quite expensive since you have to have the A/C on all spring & summer. The best thing is that no liberal wants to live in such a “backward” place, lol!